„We'll Swing in Spring, Illinois, 2008“

The day after Thanksgiving in Central Illinois with my (then boyfriend) husband's family, we awoke to a beautiful blanket of snow, the first of the season. This charming swing hangs in Nathan's parents' backyard, and I captured this peaceful scene that morning before all the kids and dogs in the neighborhood disturbed the newly fallen snow. This has been a popular image of mine - most likely because of the title. :) The original image had very little color to begin with due to the darkness of the tree, the quality of light, and brightness of the snow, so processing it in black and white was the obvious choice.